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Wednesday, 20 Mar, 2010
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Carbon neutral city: US$40bn for low carbon projects: LA Airport tightens emissions: Maldives signs new pact: Clinton says US may trail: EPA may start own cap and trade system
Nasdaq Mar 19 2010
The U.K. is on track to meet its first carbon budget, Energy and Climate Change Minister Joan Ruddock said Thursday as the first annual emissions report under the carbon budgets system was presented to parliament.
The Hindu Mar 19 2010
The temple city of Tirupati in southern Andhra Pradesh has been identified as “most favourable” to be developed as a ‘low-carbon footprint city’ by European Aid and Development, which works under the European Commission.
Business World Mar 19 2010
Multilateral agencies aim to mobilize USD 40bn in investment for low-carbon technologies, officials yesterday said, hoping the funding would spur countries to boost renewable energy projects.
Business Week Mar 19 2010
Los Angeles International Airport, the sixth-busiest in the world, will more closely track emissions from its terminals and other buildings ahead of proposed U.S. regulations aimed at cutting greenhouse gases.
BBC News Mar 18 2010
Soils in Scotland store more than 3,000 megatonnes of carbon posing a potential threat to the environment, Scottish Natural Heritage has reported.
Focus Taiwan Mar 17 2010
Taiwan will seek to join the world’s carbon trade scheme by helping its diplomatic allies in Africa develop green energy in return for carbon credits, the Environmental Protection Administration said Tuesday.
The Hindu Mar 17 2010
The Government of the Maldives and La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild have agreed a strategic partnership to take-forward the country’s pledge to become carbon neutral by 2020.
Scoop Mar 17 2010
Davis, home to the University of California Davis, will attempt to become America’s first carbon neutral city by 2050.
Business Week Mar 17 2010
Former President Bill Clinton told lawmakers the U.S. may fall behind China in the race to dominate the global market for clean energy unless Congress passes climate-change legislation, two senators said.
Business Week Mar 16 2010
The Obama administration is considering a carbon-trading system under existing law if Congress doesn’t pass cap-and-trade legislation that allows companies to buy and sell the right to pollute, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said.
Valere Tjolle
Valere Tjolle is editor of the Sustainable Tourism Report Suite, special offer at: www.travelmole.com/stories/1141006.php
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